- Date
- October 2, 1997, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Roseau, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N105NRCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19971002040589A
- Case key
- 10964
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane landed on runway 34. The pilot said the wind was from 070 degrees at 7 knots. During rollout the airplane yawed to the right, exited the runway, and the left main landing gear collapsed. The pilot said he was unable to arrest the ground loop.
Factual narrative
On October 2, 1997, at 1520 central daylight time, a Cessna A185F, N105NR, received substantial damage during a ground loop on landing at Roseau Municipal Airport, near Roseau, Minnesota. The commercial pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The public use flight was for the purpose of surveying migratory waterfowl. The flight departed Bimidji at 1300, with a planned intermediate stop at Roseau for fuel. The final leg of the flight was a planned return to Bimidji. The flight was conducted in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file.
The pilot stated that the wind was from 070 at 7 knots. He landed the airplane on runway 34 (4400' x 75' dry asphalt). He said after landing he was unable to arrest a "right yaw" which continued through a ground loop when the airplane exited the runway and the left main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N105NR
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503956
- Airframe hours
- 6,373
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- State Of Minnesota
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 26, 1997 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- BJI · Bemidji, MN
- Destination
- ROX
- Airport
- ROX · Roseau Municipal, runway 34, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,768 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,398 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.